“Harmony” is the title of the stunning mural Axel Void and L.E.O. painted in St. Petersburg (Florida) for the third edition of the SHINE festival which took place in October 2017. The concept of this wall is an attempt to understand human behavior and its relationship to power.
About The Mural
This mural is based on a juxtaposition of two images. The one in the background is an interpretation from a photograph taken in Washington Square Park, where people get together once a year and have a pillow fight. In the circle, a launch drill in North Korea.
The concept of this wall is an attempt to understand human behavior and its relationship to power. From the power that technology allows us: vehicles that can make us go faster than we can run or weapons that can harm more than we can physically. To an emotional, social or political power over others.
“This wall was done shortly after the shooting in Las Vegas. This gave us the curiosity to know or understand what was the nature of this action. These events are considered anomalies or out of the ordinary, how ever its recurrence shows that it is or has become part of our natural behavior. We find strange that even though we can’t directly empathize with this behavior it is a part of our idiosyncrasy.” – Axel Void
About Axel Void
Alejandro Hugo Dorda Mevs, also known as Axel Void, was born in Miami in 1986 from a Spanish father and a Haitian mother. Raised in Spain from the age of three where he became strongly influenced by classical painting and drawing, Axel Void has been in contact with graffiti writing since 1999. He studied Fine Arts in Cádiz, Granada, and Sevilla, and based himself in Berlin until moving to Miami in 2013, where he currently resides. All his creations display a great concern for social issues, evoked through beauty or ironic statements.
About the SHINE St. Petersburg Mural Festival
The SHINE St. Petersburg Mural Festival was created to illuminate the power of art in public spaces to revitalize areas, inspire dialogue and unite our community—while cultivating new standards of artistic excellence and re flecting St. Petersburg, Florida’s creative and vibrant spirit.
Images by Iryna Kanishcheva
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